Asymmetric dual-catalytic cascade by chiral N-heterocyclic carbene and quinuclidine: Mechanism and origin of enantioselectivity in benzofuranone formation

ACS Catalysis

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1596-1603

  Reddi, Yernaidu ^a   Sunoj, Raghavan B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

asymmetric catalysis; dual catalysis; N heterocyclic carbenes; noncovalent interactions; reaction mechanism; Stetter reaction; transition state

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FREE ENERGY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; IONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; DUAL CATALYSIS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; NON-COVALENT INTERACTION; REACTION MECHANISM; STETTER REACTION; TRANSITION STATE;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

EID: 84924245484     PISSN: 21555435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cs502006x     Document Type: Article

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